Govt promoting setting up FPOs to boost income of small farmers: Tomar

"There is a need to expand FPOs as the number of small and marginal farmers are high in our country," Tomar said

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Monday said the government will promote setting up of more Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in the country as part of its efforts to increase income of small and marginal farmers.

Addressing a conference organised by CII-NCDEX FPO summit, he said the government has already started a scheme to set up 10,000 FPOs with an outlay of Rs 6,865 crore and the programme is being implemented at a fast pace.

Tomar said the programme of setting up FPOs is very effective in ensuring progress of small and marginal farmers. Nearly 86 per cent of farmers are small